An Easy To Make Delicious Strawberry, Lime, And Mint Fruit Infusion Water Recipe

Infusion water is one of the best ways of getting your “eight” glasses of water each day. Gone are the days of using Crystal Light, liquid water enhancers like Mio, or flavored waters like Vitamin Water.

Sure, these flavored waters taste good, are convienent, and help with your daily water intake, but they’re full of chemicals. And when you’re trying to eat healthy, maybe trying to change your lifestyle, fit into a new dress, or look great for the summer, the last thing you need is chemical additives just to flavor your water.​The best thing about infusion detox water is that they are super simple to make.

​Easy To Make...Easy To Lose Weight

Besides the convienence and delicious flavors, infusion water is helpful in losing weight. Studies have proved that drinking plenty of water helps with weight loss. In fact, one study even shows how drinking plenty of water each day can help reduce calorie intake by over 10%.

Detox water has also been known to boost vitamin C levels, improve skin, boost the metabolism, and improve energy. With all these benefits and a natural drink, what more could you want?!

Here is a recipe for one of our favorite infusion waters…

Strawberry, Lime, Mint Detox Water

Please Note: This Recipe is based on a 64 oz pitcher or carafe​Ingredients:

4 strawberries

2 limes

3 mint leaves

Directions:

Fill a pitcher or carafe with 64 oz of water

Slice 4 strawberries and place in water

Slice 2 limes and place in water

Submerge 3 mint leaves in the water

Infuse for 1-2 hours at room temp or 3-4 hours refrigerated

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An often overlooked downside to infusion or detox waters is that leaving the fruit in the water for too long can lead to altering the taste and infusing too much pulp in the water. If submerged too long, fruits will lose their integrity and slowly disintegrate. This leads to excess pulp in the water which will alter the taste. Although at first water mixed with beautiful and colorful fruits looks attractive, over time, as the fruit disintegrates, not only does the taste alter, but the appearance even looks suspect.​A good rule of thumb, whether you let the water steep at room temp or in the refrigerator is to take out the fruit after 4 hours. This is one extra step in the recipe that gets overlooked, but will lead to longer lasting water with a better taste and appearance.​